Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22
HOME AND FARM.
Pint the dwelling in order.

Put the dwelling in order.
Don't waste soft corn; feed it out
is the winters supply of fuel Oh
nand and under cover?
Other things being equal that
farming pays best which produces
the most manure.
DO not depend upon any one crop
Have something to keep you reason
ably busy the year round. and make
every thing pay at least small profit
Ham Croquettes: Chop the ham
very fine and season with pepper or
mustard. With little -four in hand.
make up small balls and dip in beaten
eggs. roll in crumbs of bread or
cracker. and fry to a light brown in
hot lard.-Boston Budget
To set the black in home colored
wooden goods SO it will not smut, soak
the colored goods over night in sweet
milk. wiring it out and dry. then rinse
it well in water. and then the color
will be as fast as it can he.
Fried Apples: Slice the apples
without removing the skins and put in
a frying pan in which has been melted
equal quantities of butter and lard.
Stir often, and when nearly ready
sweeten to taste AID add half tea
spoonful of cinnamon.-Erchange.
Paradise Pudding: Take half
pound of minced apple. half a pound
of currants. two ounces of candied peel.
one small nutmeg, quarter of a pound
of suet, four ounces of bread crumbs.
three eggs. half glass of milk and
three ounces of sugar. Boil two or
three hours. Eat hot with cream
saucc.-Boston Budget.
The exposure of cows for an hour
or two on cold days while getting wa
ter causes the consumption and loss of
many dollars worth of food uring
the winter Beside. it is much better
that animals should be able to drink
without interference from others. and
this can only be done by putting the
water before the animal as it stands in
its stall. Troy II mes.
Stuffed Peppers. the peppers.
take out the seeds and stuff with cab
bagcs shredded very fine, and En- glish
mustard seeds in equal parts. Put q
small white onion and two cloves in
each pepper. Tie them firmly up and
put into cold vinegar The cabbages
should he sprinkled with salt and hung
up in bag to drain the day before it
is used Toledo Blade.
-Gruyere cheese, which has been
made by the farmers of Jura, Switzer-
land. under a system by which each in
turn made cheese of the milk of the
whole community given to him every
day. is now made in factory 10 which
all the farmers take their milk, and
the product of which is common prop.
erty instead of each cheese being the
individual property of the man who
made it. This makes the cheese more
uniform and of better quality, and in.
creases the farmers pre- its.-M y
Sun.
-Rusks: Ten ounces flour. two
ounces butter. ono teaspOonfCl baking
powder. half teacupful of milk.
Warm the milk and butter. and stir
them 10 the dry ingredients. Shape
the mixture quickly into small round
cakes. and bake them at once in a
moderate oven. When they are near
ly done take them out. split them. and
bake them again pale brown.-Cin-
cinnatt Times.
"A farmer of many years expert
ence gives to the Farm and Home
some of his many causes of the de-
ficient hay crop. He says it is the
close cut of the moving machine and
the dull knives pulling up the. grass
roots; also the scratching and harrow.
ing of the remorseless wheel rukes.
held down to get the last spear. fol-
lowed by the close pasturing in the
fall. Moral: Raise up the catter-bar
and keep sharp knives for the good of
the team. if nothing else. Above all
things. keep off stock in the fall. Al
SO use top dressing.